...recommendation of the President. A substitute was moved for the first section of it as follows : " Whereas, by the act of the republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that Government and the United States, therefore be it enacted/7 etc. This caused much excitement. Mr. Holmes, of South Carolina, denounced...

...amendment, in the nature of a preamble, and the important part of the bill, are as follows. " Whereas, by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that Government and the United States, — " Be it enacted, &c., That, for the purpose of enabling the Government of the United States to...

...amendment, in the nature of a preamble, and the important part of the bill, are as follows. " Whereas, by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that Government and the United States, — " Be it enacted, &c., That, for the purpose of enabling the Government of the United States to...

...great unanimity (only two in the Senate and fourteen in the House dissenting), had declared that •• by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war...exists between that government and the United States ; " when the same journals that informed him of this also informed him, that, when that declaration...

...appropriating ten millions of dollars to prosecute the struggle, the Act beginning with the words : ' Whereas, by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that Government and the United States,' &c. The fact that only two Senators and fourteen Representatives dared to vote against this flagrant...

...his proclamation announcing to the people of the United States that Congress had declared that '• By the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." The war was in actual operation on the Rio Grande previous to this proclamation ; for the bombardment...

...of the act providing for the prosecution of the war with Mexico, that < ' by the act of the Repnblic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States," 4 and on the same day President Polk made proclamation of that fact. 5 While hostilities were going...

...slavery. VI. On the i ith of May, 1846, a resolution was passed by both Houses of Congress, that " By the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war...between that government and the United States," and the President was authorized to raise fifty thousand volunteers, when two days later, ten millions...

...on our own. soil." Congress, with an alacrity unusual, two days after, passed an act declaring that "by the act of the republic of Mexico a state of war...exists between that government and the United States ;" authorized the president to accept the services of 50,000 volunteers, and appropriated $10,000,000...

...afterward Speaker of the House, offered a substitute for the first section of the bill, affirming that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." This amendment being agreed to by nearly a party vote, the bill was put upon its final passage, and...